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(No Model.)

G. J. CURTIS.

- GHALIGET I No. 304.181. Patented Aug. 26,1884.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

1 CHARLES JARED CURTIS, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CHALICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,181, dated August26, 1884:.

Application filed February 19, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES JARED CUR- TIs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at \Vashington city, District of Columbia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Chalices,of which thefollowing is a description.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the chalice when its parts areadjusted for use, and Fig. 2 is a section of the same when adjusted inmore compact form for transportation.

My invention relates to a chalice or conr muuion-cup for the use ofmissionaries and traveling clergymen; and it consists in making saidchalice in three separate parts-a bowl, a base, and an intermediate stemor shank having corresponding screw-threaded projec tions andsockctswhich parts are capable of being fastened together as a chaliceor goblet, or of being taken apart and the base and stem portion packedwithin the bowl to reduce its size to the smallest possible compass, sothat it may be carried in the pocket.

In the drawings, A represent the bowl, B the shank or stem, and O thebase, which, when connected together, as in Fig. 1, form a chalice orcommunion-cup. The bowl A is made with straight flared sides with ascrewthreaded socket, j, at itslower side. The stem or shank pieceis,i'or thesake of lightness, made hollow with a screw-threadedprojection, e, at its upper end, which fits the socket 011 the bottom ofthe bowl, and at its lower end has a screw-threaded socket, 70, thatfits upon a screw-threaded proj ection, f, on top of the base C, whichbase 0 has also a screw-socket, g,

underneath the same.

Now,when the parts of the chalice are to be disposed for more compactportability, the base,bowl,and stem are all detached from each other.The stem B is then placed inside the base, and its screw projection isturned into the socket g of the base, and the base then inverted anddropped into the bowl, as shown in Fig. 2.

In making use of my invention,it may be employed for other purposes thana communion cupthat is to say, it may be used generally for travelers,tourists, or sportsmen, or it may have any other application for whichits compactness and easy portability may recommend it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. A chaliceor cup composed of the three detachable parts, the bowl, the base, andthe intermediate stem or shank portion, having a screw-threadedconnection with each other, as and for the purpose described.

2. A chalice or cup composed of the bowl A,with screw-socket j, theshank or stem B, with screw projection c and socket It, and the base 0,having screw-threaded projection f above and socket g underneath, as andfor the purpose described.

XVitnesses:

SoLoN O. KEMON,

A. G. LYNE.

